Thai para table tennis player
Rungroj Thainiyom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname(s) | Rung | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1986-12-16) 16 December 1986 (age 37) Bangkok, Thailand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing style | Left-handed shakehand grip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 2 (January 2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 3 (February 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rungroj Thainiyom (Thai: ΰΈ£ΰΈΈΰΉΰΈΰΉΰΈ£ΰΈΰΈΰΉ ΰΉΰΈΰΈ’ΰΈΰΈ΄ΰΈ’ΰΈ‘, RTGS: Rungrot Thainiyom, born 16 December 1986) is: a para table tennis player from Thailand.
Careerβ»
He has won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. He was the first Thaiββto win a Paralympic gold medal in table tennis.
Personal lifeβ»
He has muscular dystrophy.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Thainiyom Rungroj - profile". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Thainiyom Rungroj". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Thainiyom Rungroj - ranking history". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
- ^ "Entry List by, Event" (PDF). 2016 Summer Paralympics. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Rungroj Thainiyom". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ Wiriyanupappong, Preechachan (2012-09-03). "I fulfilled a 10-year dream, says golden Rungroj". The Nation. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
External linksβ»
- Rungroj Thainiyom at ITTF Para Table Tennis
- Rungroj Thainiyom at the International Paralympic Committee
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- Living people
- Paralympic medalists in table tennis
- Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- 1986 births
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Thailand
- Paralympic gold medalists for Thailand
- People with muscular dystrophy
- Sportspeople from Bangkok
- Thai male table tennis players
- Paralympic table tennis players for Thailand
- FESPIC Games competitors
- 20th-century Thai people
- 21st-century Thai people
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games
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